"A stirring poetic tribute to the beauty and wonder of America's symbols, history, landscape"--

"100 flags from Abbotsford to Yellowknife, municipal flags from the largest 67 Canadian cities and the largest five cities in each province and territory"--Cover.

Traces the history of the American flag, "Old Glory," and discusses its various uses and misuses from its creation during the Revolutionary War and into the beginning of the twenty-first century by various political and social groups; and discusses the evolution of American patriotism.

An introduction to maritime communication through nautical flags, along with morse code, the phonetic alphabet, and semaphore signaling. Today's system of international maritime signal flags was developed in the 19th century, and is still used for communication between ships, or between ship and shore. Each flag, boldly colored for visual distinction at sea, stands for a letter as well as a phrase relevant to seafaring. The resulting code is both...

"Bianca is Keira's best friend. At school, they are inseparable. But Keira questions their friendship when she learns more about the meaning of the Confederate flag hanging from Bianca's front porch. Will the two friends be able to overlook their distinct understandings of the flag? Or will they reckon with the flag's effect on yesterday and today? In That Flag, Tameka Fryer Brown and Nikkolas Smith graciously tackle the issues of racism, the value...